A flock of wood storks mingles with egrets as they stand in a retention pond along a road in Atlantic Beach, Fla. Bob Mack/The Florida Times-Union via AP, Filewood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U. will take comments on the proposal through April 17 from other government agencies, scientists, environmental groups and anyone else interested in the welfare of the wood stork